The One and Only Zoe Lama by Tish Cohen

Author:Tish Cohen [Tish Cohen ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781443402743
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada

Hey, I worked for two hours shading those wing feathers!

She continues: “The only way I could truly capture my feelings was to portray them with this symbol.” Mrs. Patinkin rushes to the board and writes symbol on her vocabulary list. Then she does something even worse. Mrs. Patinkin stands at the board with her crummy chalk, like she’s certain Devon’s going to be shooting off a whole list of chalkboard-worthy vocabulary words.

Devon says, “The color yellow represents warmth, the silver Z represents a dazzling future, and each purple dot represents a very special memory.” She pauses to hug herself and rock side to side. “It was inspired by my father and all my hopes for him.”

We all look at one another, confused.

“I mean his hopes for me!” she says quickly.

Then, just as I slump farther down in my seat and try to forget the pain in my stomach that seems to start every time Devon talks about her father, the whole class says, “Awww.” Like she’s talking about a lost puppy or a fuzzy caterpillar.

“I was planning to add a bit of sparkle to my symbol,” Devon says, “to represent the spirit and courage of my people. Except my glue gun broke.”

Then the worst thing possible happens. Sylvia takes a tiny breath and timidly puts up her hand. “Um, Devon? My mother has a brand-new glue gun. If you want to bring your island—I mean, symbol—over on the weekend, maybe we could add the sparkles together.”

Mrs. Patinkin stands up and clasps her hands. “This is exactly what I was hoping for. This project is going to bring us closer together as a class.” She looks at Sylvia, then Devon. “Already I’m seeing the beginnings of some real Icktopia magic!”

I have a word for the chalkboard. Involuntary. Which means I so didn’t mean for anyone to hear the low-pitched growl that came scrabbling and churning up from the underbelly of my soul.

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